Dr. Samuel Bodman Sworn in as Secretary of Energy

February 1, 2005

Secretary Bodman was sworn in on February 1st. Credit: DOE

Dr. Samuel Bodman was sworn in as the 11th Secretary of Energy
on February 1st. The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Secretary Bodman on
January 31st, allowing him to replace Spencer Abraham, who resigned on
November 15th. President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Bodman in
December, describing him as a "problem solver." Secretary Bodman has
worked as a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, as the president of an investment firm, and
as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Cabot Corporation,
a global chemical company. Over the past four years, he has served the
Bush administration as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Deputy
Secretary of the Treasury. At the Department of Commerce, he had
oversight of three important science and technology agencies: the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Patent and
Trademark Office, and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology. See the DOE press release and the
White House press release from Secretary Bodman's nomination in December.